Science and the Paranormal

It
doesn't matter what the subject is, there will always be two schools of
thought. And when it comes under the umbrella of the paranormal that's
certainly the case. It seems any intelligent scientist who values his
credibility, how he/she is perceived in the world of academia with all that it
offers and entails, will think more than twice before speaking out in
acceptance of any aspects relating to the paranormal. So it is only
through a few brave souls who are prepared to speak out (against
great odds and often at the peak of their careers) that humanity will have the
chance to know a Truth that is our right to enjoy whilst living.

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Professor
Dick Bierman of the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands is one scientist
who has spoken out. He recently carried out experiments with numerous subjects
in an MRI brain imager, and found that when subjects were presented with a
randomized sequence of emotional and calming visual stimuli,
the responses to the emotional stimuli took place in the
brain up to 4 seconds before the subjects actually viewed the stimuli. He also
looked at raw data from other laboratories and found similar responses, recorded
before the emotional stimuli appeared. In other words the subjects
were predicting the future.

He presented
these findings to the recent Tucson Conference.

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Professor
Brian Josephson, the Nobel Prize winner based at Cambridge University,
is another. He was recently featured in 'The New Scientist' in its special
"Lone Voices" column which interviews scientists with views that
differ from the mainstream. In it he says 'there are a lot of scientists who
believe telepathy exists, but they keep quiet about it'. He made headlines 6
years ago when he was one of 6 Nobel Prize winners featured in a booklet
and commemorative set of stamps prepared by the Royal Mail to mark the
100th anniversary of the Noble Prize.

'Quantum
theory is now being fruitfully combined with theories of information and
computation', he says. 'These developments may lead to an explanation of
processes still not understood within conventional science, such as telepathy -
an area in which Britain is at the forefront of
research,' adding 'that some of the strange behaviour of sub-atomic
particles might explain much of the paranormal including telepathy, seeing at a
distance and psychokinesis.'

He also
dares talk of the 'pathological disbelief' in some scientists, whose attitude
he sums up by the statement: 'Even if it were true I wouldn't believe it.'

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Thank
goodness there are courageous scientists prepared to speak out.

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